“I don’t want to say [the Jets are] too much of a hype, because they’ve gotten it done,” Johnson told the Associated Press. “I think it’s our turn now. It’s our turn to show that we’re going to come in and try to take over this division and make this run be for real.”

Johnson wore a T-shirt this week in Buffalo with “Fitzpatrick-Johnson 2012: Yes We Can” written in red, white and blue across the chest in reference to quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick and himself.

“Yes we can. Yes we can get to the playoffs, we can get to the Super Bowl,” Johnson said. “Whatever they say we can’t, we can.”

The Bills are 5-2 and share the AFC East lead with the Patriots. This game with the 4-3 Jets holds huge implications for the playoff race.

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Coach Rex Ryan said outside linebacker Aaron Maybin will play more this week as he learns more of the playbook. But Maybin will not be starting against his former team like LaDainian Tomlinson did two weeks ago against the Chargers.

“Are we doing him like we did LT?” Ryan asked. “No, you’ve got to be a Hall of Famer to do that.”

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Ryan is teaming up with Adam Sandler for a new movie in which the coach will play a Patriots fan. The actor told NFL Network’s Rich Eisen for his podcast yesterday that Ryan will play a Boston-based “inexpensive” lawyer in the still untitled movie.